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Month June 2016

People lose their keys all the time. Usually a panic ensues, then a frantic search, and if the keys have still not been located, everything comes to a stop so their mind can go over all recent movement to see if they can remember where the keys might have been left. When my son was very young, I was getting ready to leave with him for an appointment when I discovered the keys missing from my purse. I went through all of the steps listed above and added an in depth conversation with a 2 1/2 year old to see if he had the keys. Of course, the answer was ‘no’, he hadn’t seen them. Well, we missed the appointment as I continued to search for the keys. My circle of examination widened to include the garage. I was now checking unlikely spots as well as those that made sense. I finally lifted up a wooden crate of empty glass pop bottles and heard a funny metallic sound. If you guessed the keys were down in among the bottles, you’re right. My son, ‘’who had not touched the keys”, had dropped them into the bottles somehow. What a relief it was to find the keys. It meant I didn’t have to explain their loss and that I again, had the ability to complete the things I needed to do.

The church has misplaced the keys Jesus gave prior to His leaving earth. Matthew 16:19 “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven…” The keys He left were of much greater value than the ones to my car. These keys unlocked the authority and power Heaven wanted the church to have. Sometime in history, the keys went missing only the church has never panicked over the loss or initiated a frantic search to find them…until now.

Maybe the keys were lost one by one rather than all at once and that accounts for the church’s lack of response to the loss. Maybe the church had long forgotten what doors the keys opened so their loss was no big deal. And, it’s possible the keys were taken by those who want to keep the church from using the Heavenly keys. We’ll never know how the keys went missing, but their loss has kept the church from being able to meet its commitments to God.

The church has an appointment. One set up in advance by Jesus Himself. So, it’s time to find the keys and unlock the authority and power doors so the church can get out into the world, overcoming the gates of Hell and complete its task to grow the Kingdom of God until it encompasses the earth.

All this month I am riding my bike for KIDS CANCER , and God gave me a revelation this morning.

I was having one of those days when I just didn’t want to get up and do this, when I got up and started riding I asked God to give me strength because I’ve been suffering with planter fasciitis, so my feet have really been bothering me, so I was asking God, “Why are you allowing my feet to bother me so much as I’m riding my bike?” Then God gave me the revelation, you will endure pain for only a short while and these kids endure pain daily, hourly, this little pain you’re feeling is nothing compared to what they are feeling. I said to God, “I am so sorry you’re right,” I started praying for these kids and their families for the things they have to go through, I asked God to strengthen them daily, “thank you Lord for your revelation, you’re right this pain is nothing. Amen”

What God was teaching me in this is that there’s so many times we say we would do anything for God but as soon as we endure some pain we don’t move forward in it because of the pain, so we don’t receive the glory of what God is doing in us.

If you would like to help me to raise money to fight kids cancer, any amount would be greatly appreciated, thank you for your support. 🚴